Yams — Area harvested in Sudan
Sudan: Yams — Area harvested was 83,215 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 83,215 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Sudan peaked at 84,340 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 76,000 ha, in 2012.
That places Sudan 6th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 79,493 ha | 76,000 ha | 81,762 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 82,914 ha | 81,709 ha | 84,340 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 3 Ghana 536,529 ha compare
- 4 Benin 209,313 ha compare
- 5 Togo 109,444 ha compare
- 7 Cameroon 80,505 ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia PDR 64,000 ha
- 9 Sudan (former) 58,933 ha
More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture share gdp 29.36 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.36 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
- Rural population 65.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.3% (2025)
- Rural population 33.61 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 952,279 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Sudan?
- Yams — area harvested in Sudan was 83,215 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 84,340 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 76,000 ha in 2012.
- How does Sudan rank for yams — area harvested?
- Sudan ranks 6th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.